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. 2020 May 19;10:779. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00779

Table 5.

Target therapies (part III).

Electrolyte disorder Drug Incidence (%) Type of study Mechanism(s)
Hypocalcemia Cetuximab,
Panitumumab
Lumretuzumab, Pertuzumab
(combined with paclitaxel)
Imatinib

Sorafenib
Nilotinib
Erlotinib, Axitinib, Sunitinib
17 (D) (99)

14 (D) (98)

40 (A,B) (109)
Hypomagnesemia-related hypoparathyroidism (99)



Direct effect on tyrosine kinase c-Kit of tubular cells (109); low-voltage-activated T channels blockade (110, 111)
Endoplasmic reticulum stress with calcium mobilization (112)
Immune-mediated parathyroid glands destruction; interference with CaSRs (113)
Unclear (114, 115)
Hypophosphatemia TKI
Sorafenib Combined with Capecitabine

Vemurafenib, Dabrafenib
Proteasome Inhibitors (Bortezomib, Oprozomib
Carfilzomib)
Lenalidomide
mTOR inhibitors (temsirolimus)
MoAbs (Nivolumab, Bevacizumab,
Etaricizumab)
Lumretuzumab, Pertuzumab (combined with paclitaxel)
Mirvetuximab Soravtansine
23 (<2.0 mg/dl) (D) (116)


40 (A, B) (109)



2.3 (<2.0 mg/dl) (D) (117)
17(D) (98)
25 (<2.0 mg/dl) (D) (118)
Bone Turnover inhibited; proximal tubule damage by PDGFR blockade (119, 120)
Vitamin D malabsorption due to drug-induced secretory diarrhea (121)

Acquired FS (120, 122)
Acquired FS (123)

Acquired FS (?) (124)
Phosphate wasting due to acute tubular necrosis (34)
Acquired FS (?) (79, 100, 117)

Vitamin D malabsorption due to drug-induced secretory diarrhea (98)
Vitamin D malabsorption due to drug-induced secretory diarrhea (118)
Hyperphosphatemia MoABS (Brentuximab, Obinutuzumab,Otlertuzumab, Ibritumomab,Ofatumomab)
TKI
Proteasome Inhibitors
Lenalidomide and CAR-T cell
n.a. Tumor Lysis Syndrome (28, 125)

Incidence and type of study column: the letter after the percentage indicates the type of evidence available: A isolated case; B case series; C pharmacovigilance notifications or registry; D observational study, clinical trial, metanalysis of clinical trials. n.a. not available. References in bracket square. CAR-T, Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T; CaSR=calcium sensing receptor; c-Kit, type III receptor tyrosine kinase; FS= Fanconi Syndrome; MoAbs, Monoclonal Antibodies; mTOR= mammalian target of Rapamycin; PDGFR, Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor; PTH, Parathyroid hormone; TKI, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors.